She said: “My family are proud of what I am doing as it’s in remembrance of my brothers. It also promotes the need for everyone to look after their health because, as in our case, our two brothers were taken too soon.

“Losing them both has left a very big gap in my life and it will never be the same again. It has been very difficult.

“Everything that happens now is tainted. Jonathan’s daughter got married at the weekend but he wasn’t there to give her away. It was a bitter sweet occasion.

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“Jonathan was my best friend and he left a major hole. Whilst Matt used to keep me going because he was always the lively, bubbly one. He always knew when I was down and would call me to cheer me up.”

Matthew had been living in San Francisco with his wife where he worked as a removal man for the past 10 years after leaving Great Barr.

On the night of his death, in 2010, he had just finished celebrating his 40th birthday when he awoke and told his wife he was going to get a drink.

But she heard a “thud” and found him dead on the kitchen floor.

A fit and healthy Matthew Reid.

She added: "It later transpired that he had cardiomyopathy, which meant the blood couldn’t get through to his heart. We had no idea that he had this condition.”

Dad-of-three Jonathan on the other hand had known heart problems and was also a diabetic.

“Jonathan had stayed at home to sort out the caravan while the rest of the family went on a day out,” added Rachel, who herself has been given the all clear by medics.

Jonathan Reid.

“When his wife didn’t hear from him at 1pm she called me to go and check on him. When I got there he had already gone. He had a massive heart attack.

“Jonathan always said it shouldn’t have been Matt who died but him as he was the ill one. But I would say to him it should be none of us. We are all too young.”

Rachel will be joined by her colleagues Jackie Brown and Lisa Driscoll during the run. Her son, Symeon, and other family including her remaining brother Daniel, will cheer her on from the Family Village.